Harishchandragad Trekking : हरिश्चंद्र गडावर ट्रेकरचा मृत्यु; इतर ट्रेकर्स सुदैवाने बचावले
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One of the trekkers in a group of six who went for trekking to Harichandra Gad from Pune area died due to bad weather on Wednesday morning. Happened on 2 The name of the dead trekkers is Anil alias Balu Geete (age-32, resident of Lohgaon, Pune).
he fell ill and died due to the thick fog, falling rain, bitter cold on the fort.
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However, the group found themselves disoriented and stranded in the dense fog, grappling with plummeting temperatures.
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After that, Balu Rengde searched for them three times in this area, they came around and made a loud sound. The first time, after the fog subsided, Balu Rengde saw one of them. Then supported them. After that, he contacted his friend Onkar Oak from his mobile phone and informed about the incident. And requested to send rescue team for help.
Meanwhile, a group from Mumbai who had come for trekking to Harichandra Fort in the same area lost their way and wandered in the wet area. As he was on his way back, he saw Hariom and others. He told the Mumbai group all the facts that had happened and requested them to send help.
Meanwhile, guide Balu Rengde was going to the temple on Harichandra Fort with trekkers from Pandharpur and Solapur. Later the Mumbai group saw it. He asked if you are a local and informed Balu Rengde about the trekkers of Pune. Balu, who had a good knowledge of the fort, realized in which area it was from the information he gave.
After that, Balu searched for them three times in this area, they came around and made a loud sound. The first time, after the fog subsided, Balu saw one of them. Then supported them. After that, he contacted his friend Omkar Oak from his mobile phone and informed about the incident. And requested to send rescue team for help.
After that, Balu came back to the temple, made poha for them and took the biscuits back to them. Balu’s brother Maruti Ranhagade came with the rescue team. In this rescue team, a total of ten people including Otur Police Station Police Sub-Inspector Akash Shelke and other staff members, members of the Junnar Rescue Team and three villagers went to all the forts to search for them.
While near Tolarkhind, Balu came in contact with him. But after that, due to the rain, thick fog and falling darkness, the mobile network in the fort area became less and less, so they did not get in touch with the rescue team. However, Balu received a call on the phone saying that the rescue team was on the way back due to darkness and rain and that they would do a search operation tomorrow.
After that, Balu himself went in search of the rescue team. Because he was sure that even if all others went back, his brother Maruti would not go back. Then Balu saw the light of a battery in the darkness. He went to them. Then he met brother Maruti Rengde, Vijay Nadekar, Gaurav Memane, Sharad Bhangle, Mahadu Bhangre, Rajur forest department staff stationed at Tolarkhind. Taking them he went with the body to where the others were.
After that, the forest department and the police were contacted. You leave the dead body there and stay in a safe place. After saying this, he took all the other trekkers with him and went to the hotel of Ramnath Barku Bharmal in the temple area of Harishchandragarh where he arranged for their food and accommodation.
On Thursday morning, Rajur police station staff and a team of forest department staff came and took the body of Anil Geete down from Harichandra Gad to Rajur (T. Akole, Dist. Ahmednagar).
Around three o’clock in the afternoon, they proceeded to Tolarkhind, but then they lost their way and wandered in heavy rain and darkness. They spent Tuesday night together under the shelter of a tree and a mountain. Due to rain and cold, Geetha fell ill. At six in the morning, they found the road back and set off. But Geetha’s health deteriorated and Geetha died at half past ten in the morning. After that, five other people kept looking at the road for help with the dead body. Then 14-year-old Hariom Vitthal Borude, who was with him, fell ill. Then two of them stopped with Geeta’s body and the other two took Hariom with them and started walking around to help them and sat down in one place tired.
